Rep. Issa looking into September jobs report

'I think our committee has important jurisdiction to make sure we get it right'

Published: 10/12/2012 at 1:22 AM

(Huffington Post) The chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives is considering an investigation into the U.S. Labor Department’s estimation of the national unemployment rate, The Huffington Post has confirmed.

Fox Business Network reported on Thursday that Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) plans to hold hearings on the September jobs numbers, which showed the unemployment rate had fallen to 7.8 percent from 8.1 percent. HuffPost could not confirm whether the hearings would definitely happen or whether Issa was merely thinking it over.